Orlando J. Pérez, Ph.D., is a professor of political science at the University of North Texas at Dallas, specializing in U.S.

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A bill in the Texas Legislature would protect the last 21 pristine watersheds. But for years, previous attempts have been ...

Legislation to allow some forms of drug checking has reached the same Senate committee where a similar bill died last session ...

Republicans want to double down on a system that can keep Texans in jail for years without a trial, while attacking bail ...

The U.S.-Mexico border is perhaps the most widely discussed and poorly understood region in the country. MAGA influencers and nationalistic politicians have inaccurately portrayed border ...

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A version of this story ran in the May / June 2025 issue. The five members of the Navarro County Commissioners Court had rarely seen such a large audience for their Tuesday meeting as they saw in ...